Makers Waffle

For our last show of 2023 we were joined by previous guest and friends, Allie from Katz Creates, James from Malt & Make, and Duncan from Little Hobby Shop.

We chatted about cameras, measurement systems, word-play, pub names, SMRRF, and 3D printing. With a few tangents and loop-backs.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

No after-show this week, just a normal 2+hour chat as an early Christmas present from the Makers Waffle team.

Having been postponed a few weeks ago we finally managed to have a waffle with Daniel Uebleis from Multi Awesome Studio.

In the main show we chatted about lighting, mining, Macgyver, creativity, analogue versus digital, 3D software (Jamie & Daniel geeking out) and AI.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

No after-show this week, just a normal 2+hour chat as an early Christmas present from the Makers Waffle team.

With Jamie exhausted after a weekend away at SMRRF, Andy chatted with Phil from Phil Makes Things.

In the main show we chatted about injuries, wood, hoarding and making notes.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

In the after-show for our Patreon supporters the chat started with keeping the voices at bay but was mostly about analogue vs digital.

We had a really good waffle with Pia from Pempu Making.

In the main show we language and linguistics.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

In the after-show for our Patreon supporters the chat was mostly about food, especially curry, and clotted cream.

Dale from Maple Tree Studios and Duncan from Little Hobby Shop joined us to share some of their expertise on AI. It's definitely a big rabbit hole, but they helped to highlight some of the interesting aspects of it.

Jamie wasn't able to make our chat with Huey Lionsheart but Dale from Maple Tree Studios stepped in at the last minute. We had a really good waffle.

In the main show we talked, amongst other things, about TV, shugisms, what drives Huey's making, food and cool projects.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. In the after-show for our Patreon supporters the chat included Internet connections, pride in your work, mobile phones and buying stuff..

Andy had a great chat with previous guests, and our friends, Duncan (Little Hobby Shop) and Niall (NMB Woodworks).

Jamie was away this weekend.

In the main show we talked about EVs, windscreens, being tall, access control in Maker Spaces, and tool organisation.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. In the after-show for our Patreon supporters the chat included email addresses, espionage and some ideas for a TV programme "Marie Kondo" in the workshop.

We hope you enjoy it too.

Jamie wasn't able to make our chat with Dave G but Khuz stepped in at the last minute. It was a really good chat.

In the main show we talked about rabbit holes, 3D printing and kids & making.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. In the after-show for our Patreon supporters the chat included TV making shows, a novel use for Mr Sheen, Brothers Make and the creative mindset.

Andy and Jamie were experiencing FOMO from seeing all the fun and games at The Catskill Mountains Maker Camp last weekend, so we invited our friends, and previous guests, Dave Bauer, Heidi Jacobs and Rasmus Loen onto the show to tell us more about the experience. We heard about the flooding, the scheduling and some not often seen crafts.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. In the after-show for our Patreon supporters the chat included Rasmus's adventures getting into the USA, googly eyes, the power of meeting your tribe and the differences between Maker Camp and Maker Central.

We had a lovely waffle with Karol Kolanowski from KK Make. It really was great to catch up with him.

In the main show we talked about beards, respirators, swimming, diving, microwave ovens, mushroom foraging and Christmas.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. In the after-show for our Patreon supporters the chat included YouTube monetisation, overwhelm & prioritisation, and AI.

We had a fabulous waffle with Grant and Jessy, two of the hosts of the CLAMP podcast. It really was a lot of fun.

We spent most of the first half of the show talking about movies and TV. With a round off on pranks.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. In the after-show for our Patreon supporters the chat was a bit more varied including CAD, the Alone TV show, mental resilience, fishing, Maker Camp and averages.

We had a great chat with Mike from That Guy Mike.

In the main show, we talked about gardens, Brothers Grimm, reading, productivity systems, Dr Who, other pop culture, murder ball and dream workshops.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. In the after-show for our Patreon supporters there was more maker talk including Makers Central, SMRRF, road trips, making mistakes and story-telling.

We had a great chat with, Glenn, Haavard and KJ, the hosts of a new maker podcast No.1 Crude Mistakes.

In the main show, we talked about idioms, the influence of different TV on learning English, and learning languages in general. We did talk about their new podcast but there was more about that in the after-show our Patreon supporters get.

We hope you enjoy it too.

We had a great chat with previous guests Dan, Heidi and Rasmus about their new podcast Setting Up Shoppe.

As well as the new podcast, in the main show, we talked about data storage, strange units of measurement, scissors, spatchcocking chickens and whisky.

We hope you enjoy it too.

We had a great chat about selling as a maker with previous guests Dean Wood and Kelly Sands. Topics included R&D, finding your niche or not, use of social media and a little bit on the difficulties of pricing.

We hope you enjoy it too.

We had a great chat with Josh Smith from Smithomatic. Lots of chat about IT, curriculum design, McGyvering, and cybernetic implants.

We hope you enjoy it too.

We finally got to sit down and talk with long time friend of the show Sean O'Steen of Tinkering Rocks. If you're a Raspberry Pi fan then you will have probably seen some of his work. We chatted about a number of things including languages, tool batteries and Open Sauce (and other events).

We hope you enjoy it too.

It's been over two years since we last spoke with Chris and he missed out on Episode 105 so we couldn't not take this opportunity to chat with him.

Khuz stood in for Jamie who couldn't make it at the last minute.

We hope you enjoy it too.

Join us as we chat with Kjell and some of the guests he had (Niall, Rasmus, Simon and Mia) at his recent invite only Kamp Kjellski event.

If you want to listen to the after-show where we continue the conversation then you will have to sign up for our Patreon account (see link below).

We hope you enjoy it too.

Andy had a great chat with previous guests, and our friends, Dean Wood and Khurram Hussain. Jamie was away this weekend and our other advertised guest, Christopher Smith, was unable to make it at the last minute.

Topics included making friends via the Internet, story telling, flat earth, Argos, and "If you don't ask, the answer is always no".

We hope you enjoy it too.

It's always a pleasure speaking with Peter Millard of The 10 minute Workshop, and this was no exception. Most of the conversation bounced around the trials and tribulations of being a content creator, with some of the usual tangents of course.

We hope you enjoy it too.

We had a great chat with previous guests, and our friends, Steve House, Khurram Hussain and James McEntee.

Topics included stationery, interactive whiteboards, time references, the new Spiderverse movie and Steve's plans for the future.

We hope you enjoy it too.

We had a great waffle with Matt from @DIY_wannabe covering a wide range of topics including DIY, content creation, Makers Central, Amazon wish-lists and gaming.

We hope you enjoy it too.  

Content Warning: If you don't like talk about eye injuries then there's a chunk you will probably want to skip.

For our 100th episode we were joined by the hosts of the Fools with Tools podcast and 2/3 of the hosts of the 2/3 Focussed podcast.

CW/TW: fairly early in the chat there is talk about polygamy, religion, racism and pornography. This episode contains strong language.

We had a really interesting chat with Isaac from Rusted Friend covering a wide range of topics including polygamy, religion, ADHD, names, fixing things, workshops, dice, being a young Adam Savage and automation.

We hope you enjoy it too.  

It's always a pleasure to spend time with Andy Birkey. We go deep in this episode and we are immensely grateful to Andy for giving us an insight into the fire that struck his workshop in February. We also get to hear some of the plans he has to rise phoenix like out of the ashes. There's also some interesting discussion on the maker mind-set and passing that on to the next generation.

We hope you enjoy it too.  

We had a really interesting chat with Karl from The Strawbyte Workshop covering a wide range of topics including the wisdom of Laura Kidd, social media, Wes Anderson, high-vis vests in sailing, screw-heads, right to repair, track-saw tips, 3D printing and workshop access issues.

We hope you enjoy it too.  

We had a great and fun chat with Matt & Jonny from Brothers Make. As well as a couple of exclusives, we chatted about many things including a human advertising blimp, recycling (obviously), Reddit, cow hoof trimming, beach cleaning, dad jokes and oyster jam.

We hope you enjoy it too.  

We had a long, fun chat with Dan from Simple Electronics about many things including escape rooms, making tea, exercise, ChatGPT, computer operating systems, cars, Raspberry Pis and weather in Canada & the UK.

We hope you enjoy it too.  

We had a fun chat with Tim Frith of TF Turning about many things including plants, making, TV, music, puzzles and cars.

We hope you enjoy it too.  

We had a great chat with Leo Grundfunkel about school days, living in noisy houses, bags, jackets with pockets and ultra-light back/bike-packing.

Andy and Niall, who was guest hosting for an absent Jamie, had a great chat with Mark Peach covering topics such as saw mills, YT shorts, working for clients, integrity, the advice situation in big box stores, ChatGPT, gatekeeping and the impostor syndrome/perfectionism problem.

We had a great chat with Steve House and Niall Brown, covering such topics as topics on podcasts, limits aiding creativity, music in videos, languages, belt grinders and the connection between Red Dwarf and Star Trek.

Apologies for the occasional bout of underwater sound from Steve and Andy. They were waving their arms about.

We had a great chat with Lucas Hadley about medical instruments in making, puppets, story telling and inside Big Bird.

We had a great chat with Wayne Gilbert about tools, maker journeys, art and enjoyment in making.